Heres a few for the year list -
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| Swallow tailed. Not new but my first nice photo of one. |
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| White Line Dart. Caused some confusion with Coast Dart, but I think its sorted now. |
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| Rosy Minor. |
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| Least yellow Underwing. Only new to VC68 a couple of years ago, regular now. |
Stewart- you really do seem to be blazing trails up in the cold North. Are there many people trapping in Northumberland? Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteNever seen Rosy Minor- quite rare in VC30......
Hi Matt,
ReplyDeleteThere are only about a dozen moth trappers in Northumberland and most of them in VC67. In North Northumbs VC68 there are 3 or 4 of us! So yes it is quite easy to add to the record.
As for Rosy Minor, it is a regular species in August, if not abundant. I caught 15 individuals in 2010. they can be found easily witha torch on buddleia and ragworts at this time too...
Cheers Stewart
Hi Stewart. I had a White-line Dart exactly the same as yours two nights ago. It was only after inspecting the hind wing and knocking it out to look at the genitalia that I could be sure. Mine is on birds-moths.blogspot.com. See what you think. Cheers, Paul
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